Just saw Sabre/Ibushi. That was really good. I know ZSJ isn't everybody's cup of tea, and he's not totally mine, but that match was pretty sweet, had a nice flow to it, especially in the last 10 minutes.

I haven't seen any of the G-1 because I don't have the time to sit through a bunch of matches atm but I've heard stellar reviews for Naito/Ishii so I'm looking forward to seeing that

I also heard that Yano/ZSJ was really good . I may check that out for the curiosity factor. I'm not too surprised though. Yano usually bangs out one great match per G-1. I'm also probably a bigger fan of him than most.

Forgot all about Naito-Ishii ... A+ as advertised. Wish Ishii would have won, though ... not that I expected it, but Ishii is great and I would love to see him get a BIG push someday. The straight right punch he clobbered Naito with in the middle of Naito's disrespectful display was fantastic.

2. If you're looking for bumps that should be criticized, go watch Ibushi's (modified, as it was a Destino counter) brainbuster on Naito. I don't know how Naito isn't in a wheelchair for life. (Also, Naito's shoulder was clearly up on the 3. Bleh.)

3. Block A is coming down to Tanahashi-Okada. Duh. I hipe Tanahashi wins (I'd really like to see a Tanahashi-Omega final because we haven't seen them go at it in about two years since Omega beat Tanahashi for the IC title), but the smart money has to be on Okada as we all know.

4. Block B will come down to Omega-Ibushi with a two-point difference (with Naito potentially ending up tied with both but losing to both head-to-head). Omega absolutely should NOT win the match. If you want Omega in the final, have Ibushi take him to a draw. I think they will have Ibushi win and lose to Okada in the final. Honestly, I would take Omega-Tanahashi or Okada vs. either Omega or Ibushi (even though Okada-Ibushi also happened somewhat recently).

5. Here's what I'm kinda hoping they do: Ibushi beats Omega, Okada beats Tanahashi and Ibushi, and Okada challenges JERICHO at WK 13. Then we get Omega/Ibushi for the title and Okada-Jericho in a great double main, plus we'd get an Omega-Ishii title match before WK13. That would be great.

2. If you're looking for bumps that should be criticized, go watch Ibushi's (modified, as it was a Destino counter) brainbuster on Naito. I don't know how Naito isn't in a wheelchair for life. (Also, Naito's shoulder was clearly up on the 3. Bleh.)

Now the Naito/Sabre match Saturday matters, and if Naito wins (and he should) Ibushi is frozen out. I think an Omega-Ibushi draw is most likely, meaning we may get Okada-Naito in the final now.

(However, if we get Tanahashi-Naito in the final, that's cool because those two are magic together. Plus it will probably mean either Tanahashi-Omega or Tanahashi-Jericho at WK 13 which are both great. Jericho has mentioned multiple times that he wants to work with Tanahashi.)